This Week On Cable

October 2, 2005|The Washington Post

4 p.m. today on A&E, Move This House: Moving into a new house is stressful enough, but add to the mix a stranger who determines which of your belongings you keep and which must be hauled off to storage and the situation can become infuriating.

That's the premise behind this new A&E offering, hosted by Tanya Memme from the network's current Sell This House.

10 p.m. tonight on AMC, Premiere's Women in Hollywood: Five actresses and a costume designer will be honored in this special that celebrates the success of women in Hollywood. Charlize Theron, Laura Linney, Lindsay Lohan, Shirley MacLaine, Rachel Weisz and Sophie De Rakoff are in the spotlight. The 12th annual edition of the show will include interviews with honorees and their celebrity pals.

10 p.m. weeknights on Bravo, Great Things About Being : This show offers a factual, and sometimes facetious, examination of labels and stereotypes found in popular culture. Monday's premiere episode, "Great Things About Being Fat," is followed by episodes centering on homosexuality, being 30, being a blonde and hailing from a red state.

10:30 a.m. weekdays on Noggin, Connie the Cow: The third season of this charming animated series for preschoolers launches Monday with the first of eight new episodes. Each program includes three seven-minute stories and two games focusing on nature, with some of life's lessons along the way. The series airs every day at 10:30 a.m. .

10 p.m. Tuesday on TLC, The Adam Carolla Project: He's dished out sex advice on MTV's Loveline and chauvinistic humor on Comedy Central's The Man Show. Now, TLC goes behind the scenes as Adam Carolla returns to his roots as ... yes, a carpenter. Cameras follow Carolla as he fixes up his boyhood home and concentrates on his day job -- Too Late With Adam Carolla, on Comedy Central.

7 p.m. Thursday on ESPN2, Four Minutes: He was a medical student and amateur athlete who ran into the record books 51 years ago. Sir Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes -- a headline-worthy milestone at the time.

This new movie stars Jamie Machlachlan and depicts Bannister's struggles both on and off the track.